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THE murder convictions of a nurse dubbed the “angel of death” have been referred to the Court of Appeal. Colin Norris, 44, was found guilty in 2008 by a majority of murdering four women and attempting to murder another by injecting them with insulin. The four women who died – Ethel Hall, Bridget Bourke, Doris Ludlam and Irene Crookes – plus the fifth woman were all elderly inpatients on orthopaedic wards in Leeds where he worked as a nurse. After reviewing the case, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has decided to refer all five convictions to the Court of Appeal. It said: “The CCRC considered new expert evidence presented by Mr Norris’s representatives and instructed its own expert to provide a number of reports. ....
Colin Norris, 45, was found guilty in 2008 by a majority for murdering the four patients by injecting them with lethal doses of insulin The nurse who was jailed for life for murdering four patients and attempting to kill a fifth has had his case referred to the Court of Appeal. Colin Norris, 45, who was dubbed the angel of death , was found guilty in 2008 by a majority for murdering the patients by injecting them with lethal doses of insulin at Leeds General Infirmary and the city s St James s Hospital. The four women who died - Ethel Hall, Bridget Bourke, Doris Ludlam and Irene Crookes - and the fifth woman Vera Wilby were all elderly inpatients on orthopaedic wards in Leeds where he worked as a nurse. ....